Features used in poetry

A simile is

• Comparing one thing to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• The comparison of two unlike things by saying one IS the other

• The sound a thing makes

• The repetition of a beginning sound

A word or phrase to stimulate your memory into imagining a picture is a

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Assonance is

• The sound a thing makes

• Repetition of a word to add emphasise

• Words that share similar sounds inside them.

• The beat in a poem to make it sound like a song

The giving of human traits to non-human things is called

• Words that share similar sounds inside them.

• Personification

• The comparison of two unlike things by saying one IS the other

• Similar sounding words

Rhythm is

• The beat in a poem to make it sound like a song

• A word or phrase to stimulate your memory into imagining a picture

• The comparison of two unlike things by saying one IS the other

• Words that share similar sounds inside them.

Alliteration is

• The beat in a poem to make it sound like a song

• Similar sounding words

• The giving of human traits to non-human things

• The repetition of a beginning sound

The comparison of two unlike things by saying one IS the other is called

• Comparing one thing to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Metaphor

• Words that share similar sounds inside them.

• The giving of human traits to non-human things

The sound a thing makes is called

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

Repetition is

• Repetition of a word to add emphasise

• Similar sounding words

• The beat in a poem to make it sound like a song

• The repetition of a beginning sound

Rhyme is

• The comparison of two unlike things by saying one IS the other

• Similar sounding words

• The beat in a poem to make it sound like a song

• Words that share similar sounds inside them.